FOR THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING:

      WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY EASTERN HALF OF NORTH DAKOTA AND THE WESTERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA
      BLIZZARD WARNING FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
 
 
TODAY:  INCREASING CLOUDS, INCREASING WIND, RAIN RETURNS MID TO LATE AFTERNOON.  MIXING WITH SNOW LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING, CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING.   STEADY TEMPS IN THE 30S TODAY.  WIND: WEST/NORTHWEST 15 TO 30, INCREASING TO 20 TO 40 BY EVENING.
OVERNIGHT:  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT.  LOW: 25.  WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 25 TO 45 MPH, WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  SNOW OF 1 TO 4 INCHES, WITH BLOWING, DRIFTING AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
FRIDAY:  SNOW ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WIND CONTINUING, STEADY TEMPS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S.  WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT:  CLOUDY, WIND DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 MPH.   LOW: NEAR 20.
SATURDAY:  MOSTLY CLOUDY.  LIGHT SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON.   HIGH: NEAR 30.
SUNDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY, COLD.   MORNING LOW IN THE TEENS.  HIGH: 25 TO 30.
EARLY NEXT WEEK:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.   MODERATING TEMPS, BACK TO 30 TO 40 FOR HIGHS, LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S.   A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE.